Sans Souci vs Welcome

A side-by-side comparison of Sans Souci and Welcome: population, income, housing, and more.

Sans Souci and Welcome are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sans Souci has the higher population (8,199 vs 7,439 in Welcome). Welcome has the higher median household income ($61,948 vs $46,276 in Sans Souci). Sans Souci has the higher median home value ($199,100 vs $164,100 in Welcome).

Population, income & housing

	Sans Souci	Welcome
Population	8,199	7,439
Median age	37.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,276	$61,948
Median home value	$199,100	$164,100
Median gross rent	$948	$992
Housing units	4,343	3,332
Homeownership rate	57.3%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sans Souci	Welcome
Population	9,220 → 8,199 (-11.1%)	7,719 → 7,439 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$35,304 → $46,276 (+31.1%)	$36,317 → $61,948 (+70.6%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $199,100 (+80.0%)	$96,000 → $164,100 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $948 (+14.6%)	$783 → $992 (+26.7%)

Sans Souci

Population

9,2208,199

Median household income

$35,304$46,276

Median home value

$110,600$199,100

Median gross rent

$827$948

Welcome

Population

7,7197,439

Median household income

$36,317$61,948

Median home value

$96,000$164,100

Median gross rent

$783$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sans Souci	Welcome
Under 5	6.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	22.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	21.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	18.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.1%	6.6%
75 and over	7.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sans Souci	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	43.8%
Black or African American	16.1%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sans Souci	Welcome
No high school diploma	15.2%	16.5%
High school graduate	36.6%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sans Souci	Welcome
Drove alone	66.7%	90.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	4.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.9%
Walked	0.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	1.7%
Other means	4.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sans Souci	Welcome
1-unit, detached	71.6%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Sans Souci	Welcome
Poverty rate	12.9%	7.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1967	1968